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4-year-old dies after being found severely injured in Raleigh overnight; man charged with murder – News Break News Break April 26, 2021 A man has been charged with murder in connection with a 4-year-old girl’s death in Raleigh overnight. Officers responded to a call in the 4400 block of Leadmine Road around 4:30 a.m. regarding an injured child. ABC11 breaking news crews on the scene said the investigation happened near a Candlewood Suites. Police said the 4-year-old girl was taken for treatment of severe injuries but did not survive. Continue Reading…..

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Trump supporters could be incited to future violence by his continued promotion of 2020 election lies, DOJ and judges say By Katelyn Polantz and Marshall Cohen CNN April 24, 2021 (CNN)Former President Donald Trump’s continued promotion of the “big lie” about the 2020 election could still incite his followers to violence, the Justice Department and judges noted repeatedly this week, as courts weigh the future dangerousness of US Capitol riot defendants. Two federal judges this week brought up the disinformation about 2020 from right-wing figures, and even Trump himself, as they considered keeping alleged Capitol rioters in jail…

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Columbus Activists Call For Federal Probe Of Police After Ma’Khia Bryant Shooting NPR.org April 24, 2021 In Columbus, Ohio, where 16-year-old Ma’Kiah Bryant died in a police shooting this week, distrust of the police department runs deep. Protesters chant a long list of local Black people killed by officers. For many, “police protection” is something of an oxymoron; police themselves are a danger. That’s led to a major reform push that activists want to accelerate. Hours after Bryant was killed, protests erupted in the area, with neighbors like Ira Graham III saying her death was further proof of…

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Why Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict may be overturned | Opinion Newsweek April 24, 2021 the Sheppard case is instructive in trying to understand our own moment—especially the crucial question of whether the guilty verdict against Chauvin will hold. In fact, the Sheppard precedent may just result in Chauvin’s guilty verdict being overturned by a higher court. In the Sheppard case, reporters bullied public officials into acting before they were ready. Before the coroner had even convened a hearing to determine the cause of death, the morning edition of one newspaper ran a front page editorial with a headline…

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Justice Dept. now expects to charge more than 500 in Capitol riot probe NBC News April 24, 2021 The Justice Department expects to charge more than 500 people with taking part in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. “Over 400 individuals have been charged in connection with the Capitol attack,” federal prosecutors said in court documents filed late Thursday. “The investigation continues and the government expects that at least one hundred additional individuals will charged.” The current number of people charged is 440, a law enforcement official said Friday. Continue Reading…..

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By Erin Banco, Adam Cancryn, Sarah Owermohle POLITICO April 23, 2021 The Biden administration has stood by Johnson & Johnson as the vaccine maker struggled to deliver promised doses of its Covid-19 vaccine — but privately, frustrated senior health officials have largely written off the shot, according to seven people with knowledge of the matter. Johnson & Johnson, which has a long history of successful vaccine development, was one of the government’s first and biggest bets in the coronavirus vaccine race. But the company has faced an unrelenting series of setbacks, including a contractor mix-up that ruined 15 million…

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Bush said he wrote in Condoleezza Rice for president in 2020 election By Olafimihan Oshin TheHill April 23, 2021 Former President George W. Bush said that wrote in his former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice when he voted for president in 2020. In an interview with People, Bush tells the magazine that he didn’t vote for either Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Joe Biden in November’s election, but cast his vote for Rice. Bush told Rice that he voted for her, according to People. “She knows it,” Bush said to People. “But she told me she would refuse…

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